Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher bans players from tweeting

The only tweets heard this fall when it comes to Florida State football will be from the officials’ whistles.

Coach Jimbo Fisher told Warchant.com that he has banned the use of Twitter for his players indefinitely. Fisher’s decision comes after sophomore cornerback Tyler Hunter quoted lyrics from a rap song in a tweet that made reference to killing cops.
Fisher, though, did not say if a specific incident led to his decision.

“Twitter is a privilege,” Fisher told Warchant. “When you represent an organization you have to represent it very well or we don’t represent it. When we are responsible enough to deal with it, we’ll deal with it (return to Twitter).”

Fisher said that he had to interrupt his vacation to inform his players to stop tweeting.

“They have to be very smart, they have to learn,” Fisher said. “They just don’t understand the ramifications of things. They don’t realize how global those things are.”

Seminoles add another offensive lineman

Offensive tackle Richy Klepal from Tampa-Plant became FSU’s 18th oral commitment for the 2013 recruiting class. Klepal is the fourth offensive lineman to make a verbal commitment to FSU.

Klepal, a 6-5, 285-pound four star prospect, joins a class that so far includes four players ranked in the top-10 nationally at their respective positions by Rivals – linebacker E.J. Levenberry Jr. of Woodbridge, Va., offensive linemen Ryan Hoefeld of New Orleans and Austin Golson of Prattville, Ala., and running back Ryan Green of St. Petersburg.

The Seminoles class is ranked No. 6 by ESPN, ninth by Rivals and No. 12 by Scout.